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60 Speakers Share Their Careers With Rogers Students

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More than 60 people plus members of the Long Beach Fire DepartmentΒ will share their careers with the 900 students ofΒ Rogers Middle School Friday morning, and it's a strikingΒ range of professions.

Scientists, a harbor pilot, detectives, a popular clothing line developer, a chef, an X-ray tech, a cancer doctor, a nurse, restaurant owner, architects, artists, a gaming analyst are among the speakers who will spend the morning at the Belmont Shore campusΒ with about 900 students. Many of the guests are parents of students or live in the Long Beach area, providing a bit of a communityΒ portrait by trade.

The Long Beach 6th-to-8th-gradeΒ students generally find Career Day one of the highlights of the school year, a day of horizons opening up and futures to ponder, andΒ no wonder. Check out the attached list of speakers, which revealsΒ something about the rich community in which we live.

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